Safety First and the Automobile’s Civilizing Spread
The automobile has revolutionized life akin to the steam railway by linking city and country, reducing travel time for farmers and urban residents, and spurring vast road-building. Yet traffic congestion and accidents rise, prompting nationwide Safety First drives like Westchester County’s June Safety Week, which reduced deaths and serious injuries in a 400,000 population area with 100,000 daily passing vehicles.
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Westchester County
N.Y
New York City
Demonstration Farm Planned on Crown Lands Along Hudson’s Bay Railway
Hon. W. R. Motherwell announces Federal Agriculture plans to convert about ten acres of crown lands near Mile 137 or Mile 1852 on the Hudson’s Bay Railway into a demonstration farm. The project aims to show growth and maturity of garden vegetables grains and grasses with potential commercial use. Brazil dominates world coffee production at four fifths.
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Hudson's Bay Railway
Federal Department of Agriculture
W. R. Motherwell
Hair Nets of China Menaced by Bobbed Hair Trend
The article notes that hair net makers in China face ruin if Western women in Canada and the United States persist in bobbing their hair. Demand has plunged, causing a near standstill after years of strong exports, which once totaled about ten million dollars annually. The boom followed the 1911 revolution when an edict against queues flooded the market with human hair.
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Canada
United States
China
Lloyds policy insures against death from excessive laughter
A new Lloyds underwriter policy covers death resulting from excessive laughter in a theatre. Canada records the fewest divorces per capita among English speaking nations.
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Lloyd’s
It Is Not Too Early To Register A Solemn Vow
A terse line proclaims a pledge to oppose the man who calls it Xmas, signaling a public stance or protest amid seasonal debate. The wording reflects a sharpened stance on terminology associated with Christmas.
Simple Luncheon Recipes For Fish Day And Warm Weather
A compact collection of lunch ideas includes Cream of Green Pea Soup Steamed Salmon with White Sauce and Custard Pie. The pea soup blends evaporated milk with a flour butter roux and seasonings, then simmers with peas. The salmon dish steams with eggs parsley and a rich white sauce. Custard Pie uses evaporated milk, eggs, sugar and nutmeg in a pastry-lined dish baked to set.
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Borden
St. Charles
Coins Between the Toes Painlessly Removed
A vintage advertisement touts Putnam's Coin Extractor as a proven corn remedy trusted for fifty years. Sold everywhere for 25¢, the device promises painless removal of coins wedged between toes.
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Putnam's
Death of Chicago humorist M Quad at eighty two
The dispatches report the death of Charles B. Lewis known as M Quad dean of American humorists and long longtime Detroit Free Press staff member. He was eighty two, originator of the Mr and Mrs Bowser letters and Lime Kiln Club, wrote for newspapers sixty two years and authored several plays.
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News Dispatches
Charles B. Lewis
M. Quad
Detroit Free Press
Mr. Lewis
Mrs. Bowser
Lime Kiln Club
Miller's Worm Powders Quietly Remove Worms
Miller's Worm Powders ease internal troubles without causing pain or disturbances in the stomach and begin improving condition from the first dose. The report notes thousands of injuries from London street accidents, including 700 fatalities and 72,000 non fatal cases last year.
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London
Surface Sun Has Thousands More Acres Than Earth
A scientific claim states that for every acre on Earth there are over ten thousand acres on the sun’s surface. The related remark notes that tight shoes are said to worsen neuralgia attacks.
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised by Nova Scotia Mother
A Port Greville woman testifies to relief from pain after childbirth using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She cites benefits for herself and her baby, notes safety for nursing mothers, and mentions a canvass reporting eight out of every eighty women benefiting from the product.
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Port Greville
Nova Scotia
Nee Anes
Lydia E. Pinkham
Robertt McCulley
Completion urged for Hudson Bay Railway to Nelson port
Hon. W. R. Motherwell urged finishing the Hudson Bay Railway roadbed to put Nelson port into operation. He disputed eastern press claims that muskeg ruins the line, saying drainage makes muskeg fertile and the project, though long delayed, can be built and kept in first class condition at reasonable expense.
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North Country
Hudson's Bay Railway
W. R. Motherwell
le Pas
Man
Mile 332
Kettle Rapids
Motherwell
Nelson
Canada
Hudson’s Bay Railway
Oor Angi Liner Lacks Funnels on Clyde Launch
The Oor angi, newly launched on the Clyde, is described as the first motor driven passenger liner with no funnels. It displaces 23,000 tons and reaches 18 knots, powered by four six cylinder Diesel engines producing 13,000 horsepower for four screws. It will sail between Vancouver and Australia, prioritizing fuel and space efficiency.
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Clyde
Vancouver
Australia
Four dozen Russian Princesses in England prospering in business
An English correspondent notes thirty four Russian Princesses in England running businesses. Despite language barriers many prosper. one princess reportedly earns about seven thousand pounds yearly selling puppies.
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England
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Extolled For Internal And External Use
An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as suitable for internal and external use. It claims relief for sore throat croup whooping cough chest pains colic and other ailments. The bottle is inexpensive and kept at hand is advised.
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Thomas
Calgary Tops Continent in Telephones Per Capita
Calgary Alberta is said to have more telephones per person than any other community on the American continent reflecting rapid communications growth and urban development.
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Calgary
Alberta
Tattooing the wrist replaces wristwatches as fad among English girls
A newspaper note states that tattooing the wrist with the overseer’s name has supplanted the wristwatch as a fashionable trend among English girls, reflecting changing styles and social practices.
Brockville Farmer Claims Tanlac Restored 20-Year Pain
Geo L. Booth of Brockville Ontario says Tanlac cured a two-decade rheumatic ordeal. He details arm shoulder back and hip pain, loss of strength, and six months of immobility, claiming weight gain of 16 pounds and no rheumatic pain since starting Tanlac. Tanlac is sold by druggists with a large brand claim.
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Tanlac
Geo L
Les”) Booth
Perth St
Brockville
Ont
Ontario
Les Booth
New Chateau at Lake Louise Contract Awarded
The reconstruction of the Chateau Lake Louise wing, fireproofed, has been awarded to Carter Halls and Aldinger of Winnipeg. The addition increases room count and should be finished by June 1, 1924, for the upcoming summer tourist season.
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Chateau Lake Louise
Carter, Halls and Aldinger
Winnipeg
Missionaries in Manila Frumble Over Sign Board Word
Missionaries in Ton do district Manila encounter sign boards bearing the word dammit. Local explanation says the term means clothing in the Taga log dialect, causing confusion.
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Tondo
Manila
Experts tout morning winding for watches
Experts contend that winding a watch in the morning yields better accuracy. They say the mainspring stays taut through the day during more vibration, improving timekeeping compared with night winding.
World Slowing Rotation May Darken Moon Over Time
Dr. A C D Crommetin told the British Astronomical Association that the earth’s rotation is gradually slowing. In a few hundred million years the sun could shine on one side only while the other faces freezing darkness and the moon may vanish.
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A. C. D. Crommetin
British Astronomical Association
Estimating White Blood Cells at 100 per Minute
A curious estimate asserts counting all bodily corpuscles in a man of average weight would take 285000 years at a rate of 100 per minute, continuously day and night. The figure underscores the vast scale of microscopic components versus human time.
Portrait to Landscape Change Sparks Divorce Notice
A woman asks an artist to convert a portrait he painted for her husband into a landscape as she announces plans to divorce. The exchange hints at tension over a shared commission and the marital split.
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Minard
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Hudson Bay Road
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Innipeg
Sweet Metal Products
Montreal
Toronto
Edmonton
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